In the world of architecture and engineering, laboratory buildings are among the most complex buildings to design, plan, and document. Traditional methods rely on the use of photographs, hand drawings ...
When researchers surveyed the ruins of a Purépecha Empire city in Mexico the old-fashioned way a decade ago, it took them two seasons to explore two square kilometres. Good thing they decided to use ...
Flying drones for reality capture in constrained spaces is challenging, but a new firmware update from Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, for its Leica BLK2FLY delivers powerful indoor scanning ...
When Chris Fisher was working in Central America on an archaeological project, he began to notice his wild jungle surroundings becoming less wild. As he added necessary infrastructure to properly ...
Living in a suburban area means it’s easy to forget what darkness really is. The streets are always illuminated, large shopping centers leave a ghoulish glow in the distance, and sporting stadiums ...
Lidar sensors add depth scanning for better photos and AR, but in future we could see mixed-reality headsets and more. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR ...
DARPA and MIT are leading an effort to take what are now bulky expensive Light Imaging, Detection, And Ranging (LIDAR) systems and make them small enough to fit on a microchip. LIDAR is one of the key ...
House-scanning app Canvas works with lidar on the iPhone 12 Pro, but also scans without it. The difference is accuracy. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, ...